Amelie
The compass
Curious, brave and stubborn. Incapable of leaving a mystery unopened.
The compass chose her first. No one knows why.
Something in the dark has been waiting for them for years.
A compass that doesn't point north. Five kids bound by a secret. An adventure that begins the moment they decide to follow it.
Adventure & mysterynovel
Illustrationsin every chapter
Friendship, mystery& magic
Paperback& hardcover
What sets it off
The compass doesn't point north.
It points to people.
One ordinary afternoon, in the attic of her house, Amelie finds an old compass that doesn't seek places: it seeks people. Four kids who don't yet know they're connected… or what waits for them in the forest.
Only one of the map's five points is marked. The other four are empty. And in the dark, something has been waiting a long time for someone to bring them together.
“If something moves on its own, you have to follow it.”
The circle
Five friends. A secret that was never meant to wake.
They have nothing in common. None of them knows why the compass chose them. But there have to be five… and very soon they find out why.
Leo
Logic
The kid from the garage. He doesn't believe in anything he can't measure.
…until the needle points at him, and there's no turning back.
Mika
The heart
She feels everything: what people hide and what the forest conceals.
She hears things no one else can. Even in the dark.
Félix
Secrets
He has a question for everything… and an answer he won't share.
What Félix keeps quiet could cost them dearly.
Tami
Strength
Fights first, asks later. No one lays a hand on her own.
She doesn't yet know all she's capable of.
Chispa
The companion
A little bird of ember and light. Small, brave, and with a fire the darkness can't stand.
And they're not alone
Something waits for them in the forest.
And it doesn't want them to complete the circle.
In the dark there's something that fears the light. Something that has taken others before… and has been waiting far too long.
Look inside the book
Illustrations that bring every mystery to life.
A glimpse, in black and white, of the book's pages.
“The needle woke. First it trembled. Then it spun — once, twice, three times, faster and faster, until it blurred into a golden streak — and stopped dead. But it wasn't pointing north. It was pointing, far beyond, to the forest.”
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What awaits you inside
A complete adventure that opens a much bigger universe.
A mystery that grips you
An impossible compass and a map torn into five pieces.
Friendship and humor
Five very different kids who learn not to walk alone.
A forest with its own rules
Paths that appear, doors that open on their own.
Choices with consequences
Every choice opens — or closes — a different door.
The Circle of the Five Forms
Which of the five Forms are you?
Amelie's compass
Leo's logic
Mika's heart
Tami's strength
Félix's secrets
The quiz to discover your Form lives in The Secret Refuge, the area unlocked only by the QR code hidden inside the book.
Get it and discover your FormA hidden door
The book keeps one more door.
Inside its pages there's a hidden QR code. Scanning it opens The Secret Refuge: the map of the inverted tower, the Five Forms quiz, Rafael's cards, character files with secrets, and hints of what's coming.
Get the book
Already have the book? Scan the QR code inside its pages to enter the Refuge. It's the only way in.
The compass has already begun to turn.
Will you follow it?
Choose your edition · Black-and-white interior · Readers aged 9–13.
The author
Mill Snows
Creator of Amelie's universe: old objects that keep secrets, doors that open on their own, and a story far older than it seems.
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